“The Folly”
A dwelling has existed at 527 First Avenue since 1831 when Alfred Iverson wed Julia Forsyth, daughter of Georgia Governor John Forsyth. Elected to Congress in 1846, Iverson served in the Senate until Georgia seceded from the Union. Two sons served in the Confederate Army, one as a Brigadier General and one as a Lt. Colonel. During the War Between the States, local contractor Leander May surely knew of O.S. Fowler’s “A Home for All Seasons,” and not only built the front octagonal but also converted the Iverson home into a smaller octagonal. “The Folly” became a National Historic Landmark of architecture in 1973.
Marker is on 1st Avenue 0 miles north of West 5th Street, on the left when traveling north.
Courtesy hmdb.org
